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S. ENTRIKEN.

SAFETY STIRRUP.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.9,1915.

Patented Aug. 8, 1916.

SAMUEL ENTRIKEN, OF SPRINGVILLE, CALIFORNIA.

SAFETY-S'I'IIRRUP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, rain.

Application filed January 9, 1915. Serial No. 1,405.

To all whom it may 0072067'721.

Be it known that I, SAMUEL ENTRIKEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springville, in the county of Tulare and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety- Stirrups; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apper tains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to safety stirrups, and one of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a stirrup of simple construction in which the foot of the rider will not be caught and held in case he is thrown from a horse.

Another object of the invention is to provide a stirrup of simple construction, in which the guard or safety member is pivotally connected to the stirrup back of the center of the side bars of the stirrup, and said guard being so formed at its lower portion to engage the instep of the shoe of the user to assist in throwing the shoe out of the stirrup when the rider is thrown.

The foregoing and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a safety stirrup made in accordance with this inven tion, Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the center of the stirrup, Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3 8 of Fig. 2, and Fig. a is a detail sectional view taken on the line 4Ld of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the foot rest of the stirrup, and 2 are the side members thereof. The stirrup may be made of any suitable material like wood or iron, and may be of the shape shown or any of the well known stirrup contours. The cross bar 3 at the upper end of the stirrup for connection of the stirrup strap is elongated as shown, and is secured to the side members 2 of the stirrup 2 by means of screws a at the opposite sides of the stirrup.

Pivoted upon a bolt 5, which extends through the side members 2 of the stirrup at a point to one side of the central plane or vertical axis of the stirrup, is a guard or Copies of this patent may be obtained for safety device 6 which swings within the stirrup and is provided at its lower end with inclined ends 7 which fit against aninclined shoulder 8 near the bottom of the side memher 2 when the safety device is swung within the stirrup, as shown in Fig. 1.

The safety device 6 is provided with a curved lower end 9 having side arms 10, and the curved portion 9 is roimded off, as shown at 11 in Fig. 2, lengthwise of the stirrups.

When the foot of the rider is placed in the stirrup the ball portion of the foot may rest upon the bar 1 of the stirrup, and in case the rider is thrown the foot is usually forced into the stirrup, and the instep portion of the shoe will engage the stirrup portion 9 of the guard, and this will pull the guard out backwardly upon the bolt 5 as a pivot, and throw ,the foot from the stirrup.

The guard 6 is reduced in size at the upper end, and the bolt 5 is provided with a nut 12, thus rendering the bolt removable and the guard renewable when injured.

The stirrup may be made of any suitable material, and certain changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit and scope of the invcntion as defined in the claim.

lVhat is claimed is 2- A stirrup comprising a foot rest, side members,-and a guard pivoted between said side members near the upper end and to one side of the center of said side members for normally holding the guard in operative position, the outer faces of said guard being of the same contour as the inner faces of the side members, the lower ends of said guards being inclined, inclined shoulders extending transversely across the inner faces of said side members adjacent the foot rest adapted to receive the inclined ends of said guards hereby forming a smooth inner surface for the stirrup, said inclined shoulder also limiting the movement of theguard in one direction.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAlWUEL ENTRIKEN. Witnesses W. A. NEAL,

HELEN HARVEY.

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Washington,'1). G. 

